The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The tunnel was opened three days later.

When the German soldiers cheered in low voices with excitement, Qin Chuan said to Gerhard: "I think we have to do two things!"

"What two things?" asked Gerhard.

"First of all, we should find all the bridge erecting vehicles!" Qin Chuan said: "Because it is the most difficult to blow up. Blowing it up can not only reduce the enemy's attack surface, but also prevent the enemy's tanks from landing!"

Gerhard nodded in agreement.

"Secondly!" After a pause, Qin Chuan continued: "I don't think we should just blow up the snow and forget it!"

"But what else can we do?" Gerhard looked puzzled.

"Look at this..." Qinchuan pointed to the map and said: "The Soviets have pushed the front two miles away from the Lovaj River defense line, and they have also concentrated their main force and almost all their energy on the Lovaj River. East!"

"You're right!"

"This means..." Qin Chuan pointed to the part west of the Lovaj River and said: "Their defense to the west is very weak!"

"God!" Gerhard raised his head: "You don't want to attack the Soviets, do you?"

"Why not?" Qin Chuan said: "We assume that they did not realize that we had opened the tunnel to the Lovaj River, so they did not expect that we would appear on the west bank, which would catch them by surprise. On the other hand, because Their main force is already on the east coast, so what they have left on the west coast are some logistics troops!”

Gerhard looked at Qin Chuan with shocked eyes: "But Captain, this is just your guess. We know nothing about their arrangements, and our troops are much smaller than them..."

Gerhard's words are understandable.

The key point here is the lack of German troops.

Insufficient troops will lead to a problem, that is, the German army cannot afford the consequences of the loss of troops.

What if the Soviet troops on the west bank of the Lovaj River are sufficient? What if the Soviet army was prepared? What if... there are too many uncertain factors, as long as one of them is confirmed, or the German army wins but suffers heavy casualties, the result will be that Holm is lost and the entire German army collapses.

"There are always risks in fighting, right?" Qin Chuan said: "This is a good opportunity for a sneak attack. Let us think about the rewards if the sneak attack is successful... Holm is surrounded by flat land, and the Soviets are worried about supplies. Being bombed by our fighter planes, it is likely that supplies will be stored on the West Bank.”

As he spoke, Qin Chuan looked at Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard.

Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard nodded in agreement. After all, the air supremacy was in the hands of the German army, but the German army could not spare many fighter planes for bombing.

"Same reason!" Qin Chuan continued: "They will also assign artillery near the buildings on the west bank so that they are less likely to be bombed by air power."

Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard nodded again. This is common sense, and the previous Soviet bombing of Holm also confirmed this. Otherwise, the Soviet artillery would have been blown up by German bombers.

"More importantly..." Qin Chuan continued: "The buildings on the west bank are the only places nearby to take shelter from the wind and cold. Where do you think the Soviet officers will hide?"

Hearing this, Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard's eyes couldn't help but light up.

After thinking for a while, Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard said: "You convinced me, Captain!"

Of course, it was not enough for Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard to agree.

In fact, it didn't matter whether Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard agreed or not; what mattered was Colonel Slain.

In order to prevent the leakage of intelligence... this is very likely to happen, because part of the ground is already occupied by the Soviet army, and the Soviet army is likely to overhear the German army's phone calls or telegrams.

So Qin Chuan went to the headquarters again to discuss with Colonel Slaine.

Colonel Slain himself was not a conservative commander, so he agreed without thinking.

Colonel Slain's evaluation of this sneak attack plan was: "Perhaps, even if the sneak attack is successful, we can't change anything. The supplies that the Soviets concentrated in Holm may only be a small part, but we can attack the enemy and inspire them." The morale of our army is very important to us!”

Colonel Slaine was right, the plan did not change Holm in principle... blow up supplies, defeat artillery or capture some Soviet officers.

You must know that there are three armies outside Holm, and these losses suffered by the Soviet army will soon be supplemented or even more supplemented.

But you must know that this is a lone army besieged in Holm. Such a lone army not only was not beaten to death by the Soviet army, but also launched a counterattack and achieved a brilliant victory. The potential impact of a defeated German army on the Eastern Front was immeasurable.

"Do you have any plans?" Colonel Slain asked Qin Chuan.

"No!" Qin Chuan shook his head and replied: "What we have to do is get out and launch an attack on the west bank!"

Qin Chuan was telling the truth. They knew nothing about the enemy situation on the West Bank and couldn't make any plans even if they wanted to.

However, the lack of plans for the West Bank does not mean that there are no plans for other directions.

"If there must be a plan!" Qin Chuan said: "We can make a fake move...for example, launch a feint attack against the Soviets in the east, pretending to break through, so that the Soviet troops who penetrate deep into Holm will speed up their attack. pace to put pressure on us, and then we..."

As he spoke, Qin Chuan's fist hit the west bank of the Lovaj River.

"Very good!" Colonel Slain said, "I'm waiting for your good news!"

At two o'clock in the morning, several red flares rose into the cold night sky of Holm, followed by the roar of mortars, and even several tanks were transferred to the east to launch an attack on the Soviet army.

A correspondent hurriedly ran into the headquarters and reported to Vontewicz, who was woken up and was getting up in a cotton-padded jacket: "Comrade Political Commissar, the Germans suddenly launched an attack on the 82nd Infantry Regiment with very fierce firepower. There are also tanks, Soko Comrade Fsky is asking for reinforcements!”

Von Twitch couldn't help but stop moving his hands after hearing this report, and then he laughed: "The Germans finally couldn't hold on any longer!"

Soon Petronoyev also rushed over. He also had the same idea as Vonterwitch.

"Comrade Comrade Political Commissar!" Peternoyev said: "It seems that the Germans are giving up on Holm and breaking out!"

"Yes!" Fontewicz said: "But they obviously don't know that they may be able to survive for a few more days if they stay in Holm, and breaking out will only make them die faster!"

"Are you going to stop them?" Petnoyev asked.

"No!" Fontewicz said: "We should hurry up and attack Holm. Holm definitely doesn't have many troops left at this time!"